Now there's nobody to teach kids to trust the nice, single old guy down the block that wears cardigan sweaters, talks to puppets, and wants to be "your neighbor."

02-27-2003, 08:36 PM

Rock

Well still, It seems like he tried to make the kids laugh, and that is honourable of him.

02-27-2003, 08:40 PM

orbital

Wow. Thats a shock to hear that.

RIP

02-27-2003, 09:08 PM

Lizzie

I liked mr rogers. I had to burst out laughing when biguglyogre talked about those puppets. Man i hated those things..scarey creepy king friday and prince tuesday. Mr dressups puppets were weird too.:eek:

02-27-2003, 09:16 PM

ElPietro

RIP, he put on a good show for a long time.

As long as my all time favourite tv personality, Bob Barker remains alive, I will remain sane. Although, personally I think he will live forever, or be frozen and unfrozen when there is a cure.

I watched Mr. Dressup the most though, he was ace.

02-27-2003, 09:36 PM

noahfor123

Daniel Tiger? Henrieta Pussycat? X the Owl? How can you not like them? You are all monsters.

02-27-2003, 09:59 PM

Berserker

Didn't read the thread. Heard on the news, he was a Vegan. Shows what kind of people don't eat meat.

02-27-2003, 10:07 PM

JD77

LOL @ Berserker

I was always kinda creeped out by Mr. Rogers. There are plenty of worse shows a kid could watch than his, but I just thought it was too damn wierd. Sad to hear he died though.

02-27-2003, 11:34 PM

Neil

I just found out that Mister Rogers was a marine core sniper with 73 confirmed kills in vietnam. I'm not kidding.

02-28-2003, 07:01 AM

biguglyogre

Puppets that kill!
All of them!
You'll see.
No one is safe now that their master is gone.
Mark my words.

Originally posted by noahfor123 Daniel Tiger? Henrieta Pussycat? X the Owl? How can you not like them? You are all monsters.

:dj:

02-28-2003, 07:53 AM

IceRgrrl

Quote:

Originally posted by noahfor123 Daniel Tiger? Henrieta Pussycat? X the Owl? How can you not like them? You are all monsters.

Yeah, I liked those, but Lizzie's right about those big headed puppets being kind of scary. Poor Mr. Rogers... :(

I liked Mr. Dressup as well...and Read-a-long and The Polka Dot Door and all those shows from my childhood...

02-28-2003, 08:06 AM

TommyLee

That is bad news. The children of the world just suffered a terrible loss. I don't remember watching much when I was growing up, but I do remember the show that he interviewed Lou Ferrigno in his trailer on the set of "The Incredible Hulk" while they were applying all the green makeup.

I did hear that they will still play old episodes of Mr. Rogers. So atleast his legacy will live on.

02-28-2003, 08:12 AM

Tryska

Quote:

Originally posted by PowerManDL Damn.

Now there's nobody to teach kids to trust the nice, single old guy down the block that wears cardigan sweaters, talks to puppets, and wants to be "your neighbor."

*lmao*@this.

02-28-2003, 08:22 AM

Relentless

Quote:

Originally posted by Neil I just found out that Mister Rogers was a marine core sniper with 73 confirmed kills in vietnam. I'm not kidding.

Urban Legend.

If you start out by disbelieving every story like that you hear, and supplement that with checking out places like snopes.com, you'll come out ahead.

and it's "Marine Corps" -- this ain't Hooked on Phonics, amigo.

02-28-2003, 08:35 AM

TommyLee

Quote:

Originally posted by Callahan

and it's "Marine Corps" -- this ain't Hooked on Phonics, amigo.

HAAAAA! Thats hillarious! Senior Callahan, always alert, always watching! Waiting in the shadows! Ready to pounce on unsuspecting people for their grammar! Keep up the good work, this forum needs a grammar cop.:bash: :ninja:

02-28-2003, 08:46 AM

Berserker

Quote:

Originally posted by Neil I just found out that Mister Rogers was a marine core sniper with 73 confirmed kills in vietnam. I'm not kidding.

need to look at the timeline and do the math on that one I think. Show started in black and white.
I did you on the news he was presybeterian(sp not even close) minister.

02-28-2003, 10:59 AM

Gyno Rhino

It truly is sad when a man like this passes away. As a convicted child molester, I don't have a living idol anymore. He taught me everything I knew, from using puppets and funny voices to charm children, to taking them to factories to show them how cookies or other treats were made... And then grinding their bodies in with the cornmeal so that the evidence was lost.. It is a sad day..

Heh. But in all seriousness, it's like a part of my childhood has died. Everyday I grow older and it's harder and harder to hold on to my youth (which is why I hold on to other little boys). Something like this makes me sad.

02-28-2003, 11:19 AM

maverick

Quote:

Originally posted by Gyno Rhino It truly is sad when a man like this passes away. As a convicted child molester, I don't have a living idol anymore. He taught me everything I knew, from using puppets and funny voices to charm children, to taking them to factories to show them how cookies or other treats were made... And then grinding their bodies in with the cornmeal so that the evidence was lost.. It is a sad day..

Heh. But in all seriousness, it's like a part of my childhood has died. Everyday I grow older and it's harder and harder to hold on to my youth (which is why I hold on to other little boys). Something like this makes me sad.

LOL@ Gyno

you're sick and twisted:thumbup:

02-28-2003, 11:34 AM

Neil

Quote:

Originally posted by Berserker
need to look at the timeline and do the math on that one I think. Show started in black and white.
I did you on the news he was presybeterian(sp not even close) minister.

I've checked multiple sources on it. I'll look around some more. I may be wrong.

02-28-2003, 11:48 AM

Gyno Rhino

You are. That's an old rumour that has been spread around like the clap.

02-28-2003, 11:53 AM

Relentless

They said the same thing about John Denver.

"Fred Rogers got his start in television through his musical background when, after earning a bachelor's degree in music composition in 1951, he was hired by NBC television in New York to serve as an assistant producer (and later as a floor director) for several of the music-variety type programs (The Voice of Firestone, The Lucky Strike Hit Parade, The Kate Smith Hour) prevalent on TV in the early 1950s. A few years later, he returned to his hometown area to develop programming for WQED in Pittsburgh, the nation's first community-sponsored educational television station. One of the first programs he developed for WQED was The Children's Corner, which contained many of the elements and characters Fred Rogers would incorporate into his own show when he made his on-camera debut as host of Misterogers for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1963. "

Not only did Fred Rogers never serve in the military, there are no gaps in his career when he could conceivably have served in the military -- he went straight into college after high school, he moved directly into TV work after graduating college, and his breaks from television work were devoted to attending the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963) and the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development. Moreover, Fred Rogers was born in 1928 and was therefore far too old for an active combat position in the Vietnam War.

The birthdate alone would have clinched it for me. He'd have been what, 42 years old in 1970? You don't see too many 40+ year old dudes being assigned to sniper duty, let alone any combat trade.

02-28-2003, 01:34 PM

kimpy225

i used to watch that show
it is sad that he died.. i heard of stomach cancer?

even my dude is sad:
Bigmakk18: OMG kim
Bigmakk18: i am so sad and mad that mr rogers died!
Bigmakk18: i was like NO WAY
Bigmakk18: i thought he'd live forever!
Bigmakk18: i used to watch that show when i was little!

03-01-2003, 04:58 PM

Neil

Quote:

Originally posted by Callahan

Urban Legend.

If you start out by disbelieving every story like that you hear, and supplement that with checking out places like snopes.com, you'll come out ahead.

and it's "Marine Corps" -- this ain't Hooked on Phonics, amigo.

I heard it on the radio and read an article about it somewhere. It's not like some guy told me it and I instantly believed it. BTW, thanks for the spelling correction, it looks like you have your work cut out for you.